... Lf'ERA4 TURS. Mr Joseph W1-hitaker, the editor of the Book- seRler, has lssaed An ?? lnianack for the year of our Lord 1S62 ' (Londton, 12Q Warwick Laue). It is the new isunc o0 the sanre almanatc -which has been piaced on our table for nomne years past, and requires no ruroniniendation Lroni us, seeing that it is a publication of ?? reputation. Married Wiitlhout Leave is a little book ...

... LITBRATUME. (1) Uqgiiie's Irprial Dictionary. A new edition of the late Dr Ogilvie's elabo- rate and well-known Imperial Dictionary fairlv raises once more tbe ?? ?? are the primary duties of a lexicographer? Compilers of diction- aries, and especially BEglish dictionaries, .work under responsibilittes so varied and' exan:ting that many labourers in that corneri of the dterary vineyard have ...

... LIftRI ,TR. . ! t(1) Thel Voyage of CAe Vega. _ So far as authentic record goes the Vega is the only ship that has ever circumnavigated a bf Continent; for the voyage round Africa, said to D have been made by Piunnic ians at the instiga- be tiou of Pharaoh Neeho, is mere than half'rmythi- eal, and Australia is ?? a bi island, and its | circumnavigation is attend-ed with no more - difficulty ...

... You may brag of your fathers, but what, man alive, Is their glory compared unto mine? Your Grandsire was out inr thefor*y-jlrc, I was one of the fifty-nine.; rts more than a hundred and twenty ycara Since for bondage he flung up his hat; Whilat I-what I could do-did this very year; Nowv, isn't there som'shing in that? And he, too, what else was there that he could do, Brought up as he was and ...

... TRANSLATIONS FBOM BERANCGER. I7 irr xxxv'. NO MORE POLITICS. You, who my heart's own darling- are, Yet -vho so oft complain That of its love too much by far My country cloth retain. Since politics fatigue your ear, What can I but obey; Henceforth, my darling, never fear, Of them no more I'll say. Weli pleased, no doubt, within their hearts, *Mv rivals felt when I Extolled the triumph of the ...

... MVSCAL T ?? e GlaigoW usical seas,, sofas as it. ha gone, a bee1 ona of c&nsidere activity, nd the remaining eventi--everal of which we pro. Pspoe to notice in anticiptiii-W of ?? importance. Financial success is not always a proof of desert; brat in this case the favourable pecuniary result which baa, we believe, with one exception, atten ded the performanceawhich h been given, has been ...

... UIRISTUAS CATTLE SHOV7s. PAIEY. Ms-M ~i.ls-rvanciisoneer.held 5Ca mas show and conspe;ition to-day. The judges worxFor' niilk co*s, Robert Gillespie, Boyli4on, Barrtad; John ParSt Inchinnaa, and Alex. -45Lam, Blackwater. Kilmaldroln: and for fat cat;le, William Watson, Faisey; P. Wright, Knock, R enfrew; and Alex- Laug. Inchinoan. The following were their awards, with the pnces ?? after the ?? ...

... SAITURDAY rOFDLAR 4C= .l% The seventh-and ?? concert. of thle present series was given in the New Halls on ?? evening, when an enormous audience c all inut filled the vast eoncert-room. We are in-. P clined to regard this concert as the most note- d L orthy of the season, and that for two reasons, SI as it served the dual purpose of introducing to ri Glasgow a ?? pianist Mrs Beesley, T : and ...

... ?? 'JTLAJ M~rCha~rles Coaivt'rt hm- c cm' t Cfs-s.w give us anotner SzciZ LI'S L-Lw-23s tthe art of thueatr:aml ?? N:va. : -3 apnpeared at the The-tre- anval _e ho:-d Blvr 0 ?? -. bralss in Jicliry ?? a, wi.r a : mnaric; nora.a' ?? iih P ?? douits t- :? i -e -e -: a sor eu to- ?? aih: -o> :vq ;zri -x - taclct. bet i \ *ll a, - al e se' ?? ai ay 1~: ~i_ rs>e-*rzse- j it an l\ d .-id ?? a t ...

... SAT=AY EVEmNNG CONaCrMTm AorRS LADr or m I On Saturday evening the directors of tbre Abstainers' Union gave their first concert in the XNew Halls, when Professor Maciarren's Cantata The Lady of the Lake was produeed before an audience which would have comfortably filled the City Hall, but which left somse empty seats in the larger area of the new concert-roon Musically speak1ing, the ...

... CA T'TLA SHO WYS. 77 STRARA-ER A.YD RH MS Or GALLOW&Y I AGeirCULTURAL SOCIETY. The forty-fourth annual show, under the auspices of this 0 socicty, wus ?? yesterday in the Ballcreen Field, Stranraer. The day was fine, and there weas a large concourse of speeta- I tors in the town, there being excursions from Glsegow along b the Girvan line, from Csstle-Vouglas along the Caledonian, b and from ...

... [ THE BIRMINGIAM MUSICAL FESTIVAL. I - .- ?? - .- . ?? - - - - _ - ' , . I 'fLrom our Special earrespondentj Birmingham, 31st Aug., 1870. TIM town is gay in its holiday attire, and' is fast fillingwith strangers. . The festival promises to be highly successful, both in a musical and pecuniary respect. For. this morning's perform- ance, Elijah, tickets are all sold, at Xlils each, while, for ...